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An online community of Twins fans mourning the death of Prince Rogers Nelson.

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The shortest-tenured Twins in history

While surfing Baseball Reference’s Frivolities page for unusual uniform number facts, as I do, I came across a “Cup of Coffee” page, listing players who only made one appearance in the majors. Surprisingly, there are only two players who appeared in their sole MLB games as members of the Twins, both pitchers, and one is […]

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about 11 hours ago | 0 reads

Spring Training Game Thread: Split Squad Twins vs Orioles/Rays

Game 1: Twins vs Orioles First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Camden Chat What to watch: Arcia, Gray, and Kreidler are battling it out for the backup SS/utility role. All three are in action this afternoon. Game 2: Twins vs Rays First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Rays – TB AudioKnow Yo’ Foe: […]

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1 day ago | 0 reads

Monday Morning Minnesota: The “PabNo” Edition

It is truly just my luck that right after I published last week’s Monday Morning Minnesota, we started getting reports about Pablo Lopez having a potential elbow issue. Now, Pablo is out for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and Joe Ryan was diagnosed with lower back inflammation, which might jeopardize his ability to […]

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2 days ago | 1 read

Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Tigers

First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Tigers – WXYT 1270Know Yo’ Foe: Bless You Boys We don’t normally include a lot of info on Spring Training games, but let’s try a new “what to watch” section since stats and results and ultimate don’t matter. I suppose today, “what to watch” would be more “what to look […]

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2 days ago | 0 reads

Rival Roundup, Vol. 79: AlexeeEEEIIII!

Spring briefly sprang in the Twin Cities last week, with temperatures in the mid-50s and the promise of baseball on the horizon. Naturally, as the team congregated in Florida for their first workout of Grapefruit League action, so too did the nice weather congregate in a little place called “Somewhere Else.” So, it is with […]

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3 days ago | 0 reads

What would a successful season look like?

The entire bullpen was traded and never really replaced. Pablo Lopez is out for the season. Trevor Larnach is still on the roster. This team has had a rough start to Spring Training.  After the Lopez injury, I wrote that the Twins success this year wasn’t going to rise or fall with Pablo, and I […]

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4 days ago | 0 reads

Why isn’t Trevor Larnach a Mariner?

I’ve been saying it all offseason. Larnach is redundant and unnecessary with the Twins’ current roster construction. Let’s get more specific this time. Larnach is a perfectly good bat with a knack for hitting with runners in scoring position. He’s very limited defensively and on the base paths which is fine for other teams to […]

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5 days ago | 0 reads

TwinkieTown Movie Night: Back to the Future Part III

(This post is adapted from one on the LibraryDVDLove website.) Here’s your link for the movie! It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (for streaming; I wouldn’t try downloading). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show […]

5 days ago | 0 reads

Pablo López to have season-ending Tommy John surgery

As many suspected once the news of Pablo López’s ligament tear broke, the right-hander’s season is over. One day into the 2026 season, the Twins lost their #1 starter to an elbow injury during live batting practice. López will now spend the season recovering after doctors reconstruct his elbow. In terms of roster construction, this […]

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5 days ago | 0 reads

Twins Flashback: 1996 (Pt. 2)

The loss of franchise cornerstone Kirby Puckett was an enormous setback to start the 1996 Minnesota Twins season. But the show must go on, as they say, and whether narrated through Dick-n-Bert on MSC or Herb-n-John over the air, the ‘96 Twins were off and running. Offense (97 team OPS+) The three guys Puckett was […]

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6 days ago | 0 reads

Who is your least favorite MLB team?

For me, there’s a clear answer here but it’s not the one you’re thinking. There’s division rivals and the historic, heated division races the Twins have had with the Tigers through the 2000s and White Sox in the late 2010s.  There’s the Yankees, the source of Minnesota’s postseason misery for nearly two decades. The Dodgers […]

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6 days ago | 1 read

Which Twin are you most excited to see in Spring Training games?

Spring training games start this weekend which means we’re one step closer to baseball being back! As always, regular players will be slowly ramped up (pitchers especially), meaning it will be a few weeks before we see a game that looks more like a regular season game, but we’ll also get plenty of chances to […]

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7 days ago | 0 reads

Twins 2026 spring training roster — numerically

A month ago, I wrote about the new jersey numbers among the Twins’ roster. Now that the team’s spring training roster is finalize, why not do it again? After all, there have been several signings, both major- and minor-league, and other roster changes. I won’t spend as many words on numbers for individual players this […]

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8 days ago | 0 reads

Should the Twins sign a free agent SP or trust their depth?

The loss of Pablo Lopez unquestionably hurts the Twins, but in baseball as in life, time moves on whether we want it to or not. I wrote out my projected roster earlier this week where I had Taj Bradley winning the final rotation slot out of Spring Training. Now, he should essentially be locked into […]

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8 days ago | 0 reads

Pablo Lopez tears elbow ligament, season-ending surgery “on the table”

According to Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic, Pablo Lopez tore an elbow ligament during live BP yesterday and will likely miss the 2026 season recovering from surgery. There’s no way to sugarcoat this one, folks. It’s hard to see a world where the Twins can compete for the playoffs without one of their three best […]

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8 days ago | 1 read

Greatest Twins Moments & Performances: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 17)

Results There’s a moment in every memorable Twins season where fans realize “hey, this is going to be something special”. In 1965, that happened on July 11. Trailing the rival New York Yankees 5-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, Harmon Killebrew dug in representing the winning run. NYY hurler Pete Mikkelsen didn’t stand […]

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9 days ago | 1 read

Monday Morning Minnesota: The “It’s a New Day” Edition

Pitchers and catchers have reported, optimism is in the air, and the first spring training game is this Saturday! Baseball is upon us, and in less than two months, it’ll be Opening Day, and we can enjoy cheap drinks, courtesy of the Twins. All is well in Twins Territory. (besides…y’know, everything else surrounding the team). […]

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9 days ago | 0 reads

Roster Projection 1.0: Who will break camp with the Twins?

Full Spring Training is officially underway with all pitchers, catchers, and position players in Fort Myers to get the Twins season started. This team, as always, is full of potential and hope for a strong 2026, but there remain a few distinct roles to be filled. Let’s break down the projected Opening Day roster at […]

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9 days ago | 1 read

TwinkieTown Movie Night: Moneyball

Here’s your link for the movie! It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (for streaming; I wouldn’t try downloading). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show at 7:30! The movie’s based (kinda) on a 2003 book, […]

12 days ago | 1 read

What MLB looked like in 1936

Tomorrow afternoon, my extended family will celebrate the 90th birthday of my grandmother. A solid baseball fan, Grandma Betty is probably most famous for the “hot dog sandwiches” (wieners sliced the long way and put between slices of white bread) she’d smuggle into Metropolitan Stadium for her family. Her Fridley home has long been a […]

13 days ago | 0 reads